In this video Celie Fago, author of Keum-Boo on Silver demonstrates the ancient art of keum-boo using the UltraLite Beehive Kiln. She uses various tools to keep the gold foil in place whilst using a burnisher to rub the gold foil on the silver piece causing a permanent bond.
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